Al Shabab Al Arabi Club

Al-Shabab Al-Arabi

Full name	Al Shabab Al Arabi Club
Nickname(s)	al jawareh-الجوارح
Founded	1958
Ground	Maktoum bin Rashid Stadium, Dubai, United Arab Emirates (capacity: 18,000)
Chairman	HH Sheikh Saeed Al-Maktoum
Manager	Marcos Paquetá
League	UAE Pro-League
2011–12	UAE Pro-League, 3rd
Home colours Away colours

Al-Shabab Al-Arabi Club (Arabic: نادي الشباب العربي‎) is a football club based in Dubai, Al Mamzar, in the United Arab Emirates. Al Shabab Club was founded in 1958.

Achievements

• UAE League: 3

1990, 1995, 2008

• UAE Emir Cup: 4

1981, 1990, 1994, 1997

• Runners-up(6) 1975,1987,1989,1999,2009,2010

• Etisalat Emirates Cup: 1

2011

• Gulf Club Champions Cup: 2

1992, 2011

• Runners-up(1) 1993

Performance in AFC competitions

• AFC Champions League: 2 appearances

2009: Group Stage

2012: Group Stage

• Asian Club Championship: 2 appearance

1992: 4th place

1996: First Round

• Asian Cup Winners Cup: 3 appearances

1990/91: Semi-Final

1994/95: Finalist

1997/98: Second Round

Record UAE League member

Season	Div.	Tms.	U.L.	P.C	S.C	E.E.C	G.C.C.C	Asia
1974	UAE.L	10	-	-		-	-	-	-
1975	UAE.L	10	-	Final		-	-	-	-
1976	UAE.L	10	-	-		-	-	-	-
1977	UAE.L	10	-	-	-		-	-	-
1979	UAE.L	10	-	-			-	-	-
1980	UAE.L	10	-	-		-	-	-	-
1981	UAE.L	10	-	Winner			-	-	-
1982	UAE.L	10	-	-		-	-	-	-
1983	UAE.L	10	-	-			-	-	-
1985	UAE.L	10	-	-		-	-	-	-
1986	UAE.L	10	-	-			-	-	-
1987	UAE.L	10	-	Final		-	-	-	-
1988	UAE.L	10	-	-		-		-	-
1989	UAE.L	10	-	Final		-	-	-	-
1990	UAE.L	10	1	Winner			-	A.C.W.C	Semi-Final
1991	-	-	-	-	-		-	-	-
1992	UAE.L	10	-	-	Semi-final	-	Winner	A.C.L	4th place
1993	UAE.L	10	-		-		Final	-	-
1994	UAE.L	10	-	Winner		-		A.C.W.C	Finalist
1995	UAE.L	10	1		-	-	Semi-final	-	-
1996	UAE.L	10	-	-	Group Stage	-	Quarter-final	A.C.L	First Round
1997	UAE.L	10	-	Winner		-	-	A.C.W.C	Second Round
1998	UAE.L	10	-		-	-	-	-	-
1999	UAE.L	12	-	Final	-	-	-	-	-
2000	UAE.L	12	8		-	Final	-	-	-
2001	UAE.L	12	10		-	-	-	-	-
2002	UAE.L	12	9		-	-	-	-	-
2003	UAE.L	12	3		-	-	-	-	-
2004	UAE.L	12	6	Round of 16		-	-	-	-
2005	UAE.L	12	6	Quarter-finals		-	-	-	-
2006	UAE.L	12	6	Quarter-finals		-	-	-	-
2007	UAE.L	12	6	Round of 16		-	-	-	-
2008	UAE.L	12	1	Semi-final		-	-	-	-
2009	UAE.L	12	5	Final	SC-Final		-	A.C.L	Group Stage
2010	UAE.L	12	7	Final		-
2011	UAE.L	12	4	Semi-final	-	Winner	Winner	-	-

Key

• Tms.= Number of teams
• U.L = UAE League
• P.C = President Cup
• G.C.C.C = Gulf Club Champions Cup
• S.C = Super Cup
• E.E.C =Etisalat Emirates Cup

Club staff

H.H Sheikh Maktoum Bin Rashid Al Maktoum (Ex-Chairman and Ruler Of Dubai)

H.H Sheikh Saeed Bin Maktoum Al Maktoum (Chairman)

H.H Sheikh Mansour Bin Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum (Vice Chairman)

Board of directors

Position	Name
Chairman	H.E Sami Ahmad AlQamzi
Executive Director	Mr. Saeed Khalifa AlMarri
Secretary-General	Mr. Yousef Ahmad Bin Ghulaita
First and Reserve Team Director	Mr. Khalid Bu Humaid
General Supervisor of the individual and team sports and community service	Mr. Mohammed Matar Al-Marri
General Supervisor of Financial Affairs	Mr. Jamal Hamid al-Marri
Supervisor in Marketing and Investment	Mr. Majid Sultan Al Joker
Supervisor in Football Academy	Mr. Jamal Saif Al Ali

Name	From	To
Dr. Ahmad Saif Belhasa	1958	1989
Yousuf al-Serkal	1989	1996
Sultan Bin Al Sheikh Mejren	1996	1999
Majid Al Ghurair	1999	2003
Dr. Ahmad Saif Belhasa	2003	2007
Dr. Ahmad Bin Hazim	2007	2009
H.E Sami Ahmad AlQamzi	2009	present

Current Staff

Position	Name
Manager	Marcos Paquetá
Assistant Manager1	Alciney Miranda
Assistant Manager2	Edson Gonzaga
Fitness and Conditioning Coach	Marcio da Silva
Goalkeeping Coach	Raphael Santa Cruz
Physiologist	Matthews Ribas
Support	Felip
First Team Doctor	Mourad Ghrairi
Team Doctor	Amar Jabal
Masseurs	Peter Swazeski

Supporters

Al Shabab fans are founded everywhere around the UAE and particularly located in Dubai, the economic capital of the UAE. The eastern section of the city forms the locality of Deira where you can find Al Shabab fans extended widely in that region in the city of Dubai. Al Shabab fans played a tremendous role in 2007/2008 season. Supporters played an influential role in raising the team spirit and morale that made the team leading the league table from the first round till the last round when AL Shabab played a Decisive round away against Al-Jazira Club With the opportunity to draw or win, fortunately the game ended by negative draw and announced Al Shabab Club the UAE League Champions.

Al Shabab supporters at Al Jazira Club.

Kit manufacturer and shirt sponsors

List of al shabab sponsors and kit manufacturers.

Period	Kit Manufacturer	Secondary Sponsor	Main Sponsor
2004–2005	Kappa	-	Damas
2005–2006		-
2006–2007	Diadora	-
2007–2008	Adidas	-	AlNaboodah
2008–2009	Errea	ETA & ACI
2009–2010		-
2010–2011		-	emaratech
2011–2012	Kappa	-

Current squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 2 DF Issa Mohammed 3 DF Abdullah Darwish 4 DF Mohammed Marzooq 5 DF Walid Abbas 6 FW Sanad Ali 7 MF Azizbek Haydarov 8 MF Luiz Henrique 9 FW Edgar 11 FW Abdulla Eissa 13 MF Ibrahim Abdullah 14 DF Sami Anbar 15 MF Dawood Ali 18 GK Salim Abdulla

No. Position Player 20 MF Naser Masood 21 MF Adel Abdullah (captain) 24 FW Essa Obaid 25 DF Mahmoud Qassim 26 DF Hassan Ibrahim 27 FW Abdulla Abdulrahman 29 DF Esam Dhahi 30 GK Ismail Rabee 32 FW Abdulla Hassan 33 DF Hamdan Qassim 35 GK Hassan Hamza 77 FW Rashid Hassan 99 FW Ciel

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 10 MF Carlos Villanueva (on loan to Universidad Católica)

No. Position Player

Managerial history

Dates Name 1974–1979 Rifaat Rajab Rieo 1978–1982 Danilo 1982–1983 Teixeira 1983–1984 Dave Mackay 1985 Claude Le Roy 1985–1986 Marcos Falopa 1988–1989 Marcos Paquetá 1989–1990 Tony Bchinnk 1991 Khalaf Kareem 1992 Murad Mahjoub 1994–1996 Ilie Balaci 1996 Popović 1998 Tony Bchinnk 1998 Abdullah Saqer Al Marri 1999–2000 Rinus Israël

Dates Name 2000 Emerlado 2000–2001 Dušan Radolský 2002 Rabah Saâdane 2002–2003 Grigore Sichitiu 2003 Hassan Ali 2003–2004 Reiner Hollmann 2004–2006 Džemal Hadžiabdić 2006 Renê Weber 2006–2007 Ilie Balaci Feb 2007 Abdullah Saqer Al Marri Jan 2008–June 2009 Toninho Cerezo Oct 2009 Abdul Wahab Abdul Qader Dec 2009–June 2012 Paulo Bonamigo June 2012– Marcos Paquetá

External links

• Al Shabab UAE Official Website
• Fans Website and Forum